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UK: Joan of Arc ring returned to France after 600 years in UK
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05.03.2016
A ring that belonged to medieval heroine Joan of Arc has been returned to France after 600 years in the UK. The ring was bought by the Puy du Fou foundation, which runs a historical theme park, for $425,000 (386,000 euros), and was handed over to French representatives in London on Friday evening.
The ring has stayed in the UK since the death of Joan of Arc in 1431. Managing director of Puy du Fou Nicolas de Villiers called the return of the national treasure "symbolic". The Puy de Fou foundation has a historical theme park in western France, which is attended by 2,000,000 people every year. The ring will be on show for visitors in March.
Joan of Arc is known for her role during Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War. She claimed that she heard voices of the Archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine, who told her to expel English troops from Orleans. She was captured for witchcraft and heresy and was burnt on a starch. According to the legend, she gave her ring, which she, according to de Villiers, "kissed before every battle", before she was executed.
The ring has stayed in the UK since the death of Joan of Arc in 1431. Managing director of Puy du Fou Nicolas de Villiers called the return of the national treasure "symbolic". The Puy de Fou foundation has a historical theme park in western France, which is attended by 2,000,000 people every year. The ring will be on show for visitors in March.
Joan of Arc is known for her role during Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War. She claimed that she heard voices of the Archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine, who told her to expel English troops from Orleans. She was captured for witchcraft and heresy and was burnt on a starch. According to the legend, she gave her ring, which she, according to de Villiers, "kissed before every battle", before she was executed.
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